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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Presenters Revealed
Posted in Music | Tagged Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
By TST Staff on February 24, 2010
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have revealed which artists will do the honors of presenting this year's inductees. Billy Joe Armstrong from pop punk band, Green Day will pay tribute to the Stooges, one of the most iconic punk bands of all time. Trey Anastasio of Phish will welcome in Genesis, although Peter Gabriel has announced that he will not participate. ABBA will be remembered by fellow 70's pop greats, Barry and Robin Gibb of the BeeGees. And Wyclef Jean, who performed "Rivers of Babylon" from The Harder They Come on the Hope for Haiti Now special, will induct reggae great Jimmy Cliff. Also, Van Zandt of the E Street Band will honor the Hollies.
Jackson Browne will celebrate David Geffen, the record executive and Dreamworks chief whose Asylum Records was founded in 1971 for the purpose of releasing Jackson Browne's debut album. And Carole King will salute this year's class of songwriters: Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil, Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry, Jesse Stone, Mort Shuman, and Otis Blackwell.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honors the legendary performers, producers, songwriters, disc jockeys and others who have made rock and roll the force that it is in our culture. The 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees were chosen by the 500 voters of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. Artists are eligible for inclusion in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25 years after their first recording is released.
All inductees are ultimately represented in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio. Once inducted, the artists are honored with a Museum's Hall of Fame exhibit, which includes a computerized "jukebox" containing virtually every song of every performer inductee as well as each inductee's etched-glass signature. The artists are further honored with a film on three huge screens recounting their careers and music. The museum proudly displays several artifacts from the current year's inductees.
During the induction ceremony, artists toast their peers and forebears in rock with sometimes poignant, sometimes hilarious speeches. Words of honor are celebrated by rollicking, once-in-a-lifetime performances that make history as much as pay tribute to it. Past induction ceremonies have featured many unforgettable moments, such as when Mick Jagger, Tina Turner and Bob Dylan shared the same stage with Bruce Springsteen, and members of the Beach Boys, among others; or when Santana performed "Black Magic Woman" with ex-Fleetwood Mac member Peter Green, the song's composer and original performer.
This year will perhaps see an all-star performance of "Search and Destroy" with Anastasio, Armstrong, Van Zandt and James Williamson riffing behind Iggy Pop. Or maybe the Bee Gees with join with Genesis to perform "Dancing Queen." Whatever the configuration of super-rock presenters and honorees, it's bound to be memorable.
The 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place at The Waldorf-Astoria in New York City on March 15th, and will be televised live on Fuse TV.
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Q: How to trim string after two or three commas in a string I have a string like
"Domlur, Old Hal Airport Road, Bangalore, Karnataka"

In this string i wanted to store only "Domlur, Old Hal Airport Road" and trim rest of the string.
After few research in Google i thought i would get some help here. Thanks in advance.

A: Try this..
String text = "Domlur, Old Hal Airport Road, Bangalore, Karnataka";
String[] text_array = text.split(",");
String result = text_array[0]+","+text_array[1];
Log.v("result",result);

A: You can do it using regexp like this:
    String text = "Domlur, Old Hal Airport Road, Bangalore, Karnataka";
    Log.v(text.replaceAll("(.*),(.*),.*,.*", "$1,$2"));

Here we are matching each part of incoming string in our patter and picking only first two to achieve desired result.
Hope this helps.

A: Can you please use the split() method of String class. you can split the string and store in an array then you can use it as you expected.

A: Just use split(",") for String Class to get Array of "," Seperated values.
String data = "Domlur, Old Hal Airport Road, Bangalore, Karnataka" ;
String dataArray[] =  data.split(",");
for(int i=0;i<dataArray.length;i++){
dataArray[i] = dataArray[i].trim(); // Here i am using trim() for removing space in left and right
 }

Or you can do it Simpler
System.out.println(data.split(",")[0]+","+data.split(",")[1]);

A: StringTokenizer strTok = new StringTokenizer("Domlur, Old Hal Airport Road, Bangalore, Karnataka","," );
StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();

strBuilder.append(strTok.nextElement()).append(",").append(strTok.nextElement());
String result = String.valueOf(strBuilder);

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Aureliano Bolognesi (Sestri Ponente, 15 de março de 1930 – Gênova, 30 de março de 2018) foi um boxeador italiano, campeão olímpico.

Carreira

Ele conquistou a medalha de ouro nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1952 em Helsinque, após derrotar o polonês Aleksy Antkiewicz na categoria peso leve e consagrar-se campeão.

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Pugilistas olímpicos da Itália
Pugilistas nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1952
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Laurel Lake - to the right is a seasonal boat rental.
My husband went on a kayaking trip this past weekend, leaving me to entertain our two-year old girls. On Saturday, I packed up the car - wagon to transport all of our stuff (not the girls), a picnic lunch, blanket and lots of beach toys, and headed to Laurel Lake at Pine Grove Furnace State Park.
Laurel Lake - looking left.
It was a little on the chilly side, but we had a blast! The girls loved watching all of the boats and were cheering on the fisherman in hopes that they would catch a fish. In the photo above, you can see a few boats on shore, what you can't see is a seasonal boat rental. In the summer, Laurel Lake has a concession area too.
My photos were taken earlier in the day, but by around 1 p.m. there were 15 boats on the lake. The girls loved making castles and playing in the sand. Despite the wind, it was a beautiful day. We saw a family of geese, families cooking out and camping at the campground, kayakers, fisherman, hikers and walkers.
The facilities at the lake are new and unlike what I've seen at other parks. The bathrooms were extremely clean and the water coming out of the faucet was hot.
After a few hours of playing in the sand we headed home, but not before making a surprise pit stop at the retro Twirly Top, which is just a few minutes down the road from Laurel Lake. It was the perfect ending to an afternoon. I was a little concerned that they wouldn't be able to take a nap after ice cream. To my surprise the girls slept all the way home and for a couple hours once we got home.


Background: Stress affects brain functions and induces psychological disorders. Previous studies have indicated different effects of crocin and exercise on the improvement of memory in some types of stress. The present study investigated the effect of crocin, exercise, and crocin-accompanied exercise on learning, memory, and memory consolidation in rats under chronic unpredictable stress (CUS). Materials and Methods: Male rats were randomly allocated to different groups: control, sham, stress, stress-exercise, stress-crocin, and stress-crocin-accompanied exercise groups. The CUS and treadmill running were applied 2 h/day and 1 h/day, respectively, for 21 days. Crocin (30 mg/kg) was daily intraperitoneally injected to the rats and their behavioral variables were evaluated as a brain function using the passive avoidance test. Results: Results showed that the CUS significantly decreased learning and memory compared to the control group, while crocin alone and crocin-accompanied exercise significantly improved learning and memory compared to the stressed group. It was found that exercise alone caused learning but did not improve memory in unpredictable stress rats. Conclusion: The data indicated that unpredictable stress had very destructive effects on the brain functions. Furthermore, unlike exercise, crocin improved memory under unpredictable stress conditions. Overall, it seems that the beneficial effects of crocin-accompanied exercise on learning and memory were probably because of crocin, but not exercise.


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Death toll rises to 23 in Alabama tornado
4:17pm Mar 4, 2019
At least 23 people, some of them children, have died after a tornado swept through Lee County, Alabama, and the death toll is expected to rise as rescuers search through the rubble of destroyed homes, authorities say.
Emergency workers faced a grim night of pulling the dead and injured from the wreckage of homes and businesses in the county that includes Alabama's largest city of Auburn.
"The challenge is the sheer volume of the debris where all the homes were located," Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said in an interview with CNN. "It's the most I've seen that I can recall."
Storms, including at least one apparent tornado, uprooted trees and destroyed homes in neighbouring Georgia, initially knocking out power to 21,000 customers, said Georgia Power spokeswoman Meredith Stone.
On Twitter, US President Donald Trump urged residents of Alabama and other areas affected by the storms to be "careful and safe."
"Tornadoes and storms were truly violent and more could be coming," Trump wrote. "To the families and friends of the victims, and to the injured, God bless you all!"
In Alabama, Lee County Coroner Bill Harris said the death toll could rise.
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"We've still got people being pulled out of rubble," he told the Birmingham News newspaper early on Sunday evening. "We're going to be here all night."
The East Alabama Medical Centre in Opelika said in a statement that it was treating more than 40 patients as a result of the tornado and expected to receive more.
Severe weather unleashed one of many possible tornadoes that threatened the Southern US on Sunday afternoon. Tornado warnings and watches were in effect for parts of Georgia and Alabama.
Video footage from the small community of Beauregard in Lee County showed homes reduced to piles of wreckage, felled trees, and debris from blasted buildings scattered across roads.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey warned residents on Twitter that more severe weather might be on the way.
"Our hearts go out to those who lost their lives in the storms that hit Lee County today," Ivey wrote. "Praying for their families & everyone whose homes or businesses were affected."
Lee County Schools announced on Twitter that campuses in the county would be closed on Monday.
As thousands faced a night without power, temperatures looked set to fall to near freezing following the storm.
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I am instructed by the Minister for External Affairs to confirm our telegram of to-day's date in reply to your code telegram1 concerning the construction placed by the Admiralty Experts on Article VI. I am accordingly to inform you that the Executive Council approve your suggestion to propose that the issue should be reserved.
Meanwhile they assume that the discussions will continue until the British have fully informed you of their views as to the extent to which they expect the Saorstát to take over her own defence, but they do not wish to restrict your liberty of action to do what may seem best on the spot.
The Attorney General2 wishes me to send the attached copy3 of an old opinion of Hugh Kennedy.4 It may help should you wish to argue a connection between VI and VII.
4 Former Attorney General, at this time Chief Justice of the Irish Free State.


One of the region's leading domestic abuse agencies is supporting a special campaign to help save refuges throughout Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire.
West Mercia Women's Aid is backing the national Women's Aid campaign, entitled 'SOS – Save Our Services'.
Between April and July 2014, 10 specialist domestic violence services across the UK lost funding for services they were providing; all but one of these 9 services lost their services to a non-specialist service provider.
Specialist refuges are services which are designed to meet the needs specifically of women, domestic abuse survivors and children. The specialist and women-only nature of services ensure s that women and children feel safe, secure and supported and removes any barriers to them finding a safe place when they are escaping domestic abuse. Specialist refuges help women and children escape, cope and rebuild their lives after domestic abuse.


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Good Cause or Excusable Neglect is Not a Required Showing to Avoid Dismissal (with Prejudice) Under Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.070(j)
By Sean Cox	/ September 5, 2016
It is not necessary to establish good cause or excusable neglect to avoid dismissal under Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.070(j).
The rule may be found at http://coxlawflorida.com/florida-rules-of-civil-procedure/rule-1-070-process/
Mitschke–Collande and other Hiers sought to establish a constructive trust over property on Star Island in Miami Beach, Florida that was that was transferred to Skipworth Properties, an Isle of Man Trust by, Thomas Kramer. A Swiss Court later found that Kramer had misappropriated approximately $90,000,000.00 in assets. Skipworth Properties later granted a $12,000,000.00 mortgage to SwissPartners. The Hiers initiated their action in 2003, but did not serve SwissPartners.
After exhaustion of Swiss appellate remedies, the Hiers filed a Second Amended Complaint and served SwissPartners in Circuit Court of the original action. SwissPartners promptly moved to dismiss the matter as service was not perfected within 120 days pursuant to Fla.R.CIv.P. 1.070(j). SwissPartners argued that the Heirs were required to establish "good cause" or "excusable neglect" in order to overcome the 120–day requirement for service. The trial court accepted the construction of the rule advanced by SwissPartners and dismissed the Second Amended and Supplemented Complaint with Prejeduce against SwissPartners as the statute of limitations had run.
Whether the Trial Court's interpretation of Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.070(j) required a showing of good cause" or "excusable neglect."
The Third District Court noted that language of the rule provided three-(3) options for the Trial Court: (1) direct that service be effected within a specific time; (2) dismiss the action without prejudice; or (3) drop that party as a defendant in the case. The Trial Court has these three options when there was no excusable neglect shown. Citing to precedent, the Third District Court held that where no good cause or excusable neglect exists, the trial court is left to exercise its discretion as to which of the three options to select except where the statute of limitations has run. Where the statute of limitations has run, discretion should normally be exercised in favor of extending the time for service of process to allow the case to proceed on the merits. Where good cause or excusable neglect for failure to make timely service has been demonstrated, a trial court must extend the time for service "and has no discretion to do otherwise."
The Court erred by finding that the Plaintiff to be able to proceed, the Court "would have to establish good cause" and excusable neglect.
The entire opinion may be found at:
http://www.3dca.flcourts.org/Opinions/3D15-1501.pdf
Tags: Excusable Neglect, Fishhawk, Tampa Lawyer


Do you want to re-energize an otherwise forgotten part of your city with engaging spaces that attract and promote business, athletics, entertainment, and culture? Learn from the city of Washington, DC how sports and entertainment can enhance city neighborhoods by transforming previously abandoned spaces into usable, active, and productive centers. Sport, events, and entertainment leaders from the city of Washington, DC share how they are transforming neighborhoods and uniting communities with speakers from the DC Mayor's Office, Events DC, Washington Nationals Baseball Club, and event producer, I.M.P. (9:30 Club).
Audrey is the communications director for I.M.P., the independent promotion and production company that owns the #1 club of its size in the world -- the legendary 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. She also oversees communications for Merriweather Post Pavilion, Lincoln Theatre and all I.M.P. Presents productions. Prior to joining I.M.P. in 2007, Audrey was a corporate suit with the musical tastes of a petulant 17-year old, serving as VP of corporate communications for Nextel and Sprint Nextel.
Brian Kenner was named Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) by Mayor Muriel Bowser on January 8, 2015. Prior to his appointment, Kenner served as City Manager of Takoma Park, Maryland, managing the city's day-to-day operations. Before taking over management of the Washington suburb, Kenner served as the Chief Operating Officer for the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development for the District of Columbia. In addition to his familiarity with DMPED's $13 billion portfolio, Kenner's work for the District of Columbia included managing the team that completed the reuse plan for the Walter Reed Army Medical Center site.
Erik A. Moses has directed the operations of Events DC's Sports and Entertainment Division since June 2008. Events DC attracts sports, entertainment, cultural and hospitality events to Washington, D.C. while promoting the metropolitan region as a premier destination. As Managing Director of the Sports and Entertainment Division, Mr. Moses is responsible for setting the strategic vision for and managing the overall operations of the division.
Mr. Moses oversaw the closeout of the Nationals Park construction project, the development and launch of the Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman, the first-ever college football bowl game in Washington, D.C., the development and launch of the AT&T Nation's Football Classic™, an annual college football game featuring historically black college and universities. He was the catalyst behind the public-private partnership which resulted in the construction of the Maloof Skate Park at RFK Stadium, a 15,000 square-foot facility available for special events and community use. He also led the successful effort to enter into the first pouring rights agreement for all Events DC venues. Under his leadership Events DC has expanded its support of local community events including the Kingman Island Bluegrass Festival, the National Title IX Invitational Conference and Women's Basketball Tournament, the Southeast Tennis & Learning Center, and the DC High School Baseball Championship.
Erik has served as an adjunct professor in the Sports Industry Management Program at Georgetown University since 2010. He serves on the Board of Directors of the DC Bowl Committee, organizers of the Military Bowl and is Chair of the Program Committee of the Board of Directors of the DC Jazz Festival.
Erik received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his J.D. from Duke University School of Law.
Valerie Camillo is the Chief Revenue and Marketing Officer for the Washington Nationals. In this role, she drives the strategy and implementation of the club's sales and marketing initiatives in order to maximize commercial opportunities and growth of the organization. Valerie is responsible for all functions related to revenue generation for the Nationals, including corporate partnerships, licensing, ticket and suite sales, broadcasting, marketing, brand management, retail, food and beverage, and non-baseball events at Nationals Park.
Prior to joining the Nationals, Valerie served as Senior Vice President with the NBA's Team Marketing and Business Operations (TMBO) group, which acts as a liaison between the league office and the teams of the NBA, WNBA and NBA Development League.


I'm back in Lviv (Lemberg, Lwow), and in front of me is another 10-day journey through Western Ukraine. Even though almost everything is superficialy unchanged since last year, I return in a completely different Ukraine.
Images and candles at the entrance of the Armenian church commemorate a young man of Armenian origion who was recently killed by the riot police in Kyiv.
If you had asked me after my last trip in summer of 2013, whether people in Ukraine are interested in politics, I would have said "no". "People are tired and disappointed, everyone is trying to cope somehow." I was wrong thoroughly! Meanwhile, the Ukrainian civil society has set off – for a Ukraine without arbitrariness of the authorities, corruption and shameless self-enrichment.
Tonight my friends Jürgen, Alex and I visited the barricades at the occupied regional administration. The atmosphere is calm. We talk to the men who guard the barricades. They sit around a fire and warm up. The night will be long, the men look tired. "Europe will help us" one of them says. Will Europe help? I hope so but I have doubts. I feel a lot of respect for this men.
Although the traces of Jewish heritage in western Ukraine are again the purpose of my trip, it will be more than ever before a trip through the presence of the country – and not just a journey into the past. How this will effect travelling is an open question so far. My time budget is tight and the list of places to visit long. The next few days will be thrilling!
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Bravo! Keep up the reports!
Germans destroyed Poland's future once and for all.
I share your doubts, regarding the silence from european politicans in this matter. I hope, the people in the ukraine will hold on in their protest an fight in peace for a better nation.
Impressive photos, dear Christian! Please keep doing your excellent work, we are following you step-by-step!
Thank you so much for including us all in your journey. Last summer was my first trip to the Ukraine, but I would like to hear how the country is doing. Stay safe (and warm!)!


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Q: When i attempt to sign up and i know that all the post things work, it says user could not e created

<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['message'] = '';

$mysqli = new mysqli("192.99.56.236", "root", "fakepass", "thesucc");

if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
//two passwords maching
if($_POST['password'] == $_POST['confirmpassword']) {

    $username = $mysqli->real_escape_string($_POST['username']);
    $email = $mysqli->real_escape_string($_POST['email']);
    $password = md5($_POST['password']); //md5 is hash
    $avatar_path = $mysqli->real_escape_string('images/'.$_FILES['avatar']['name']);

    //make sure fike is image
    if (preg_match("!image!", $_FILES['avatar']['type'])) {
        //copy image to images folder
        if (copy($_FILES['avatar']['tmp_name'], $avatar_path)) {

            $_SESSION['username'] = $username;
            $_SESSION['avatar'] = $avatar_path;

            $sql = "INSERT INTO users (username, email, password, avatar) "
                . "VALUES ('$username', '$email', '$password', '$avatar_path')";

            //if the query success, redirect to welcome.php, done!
            if ($mysqli->query($sql) === true) {
                $_SESSION['message'] = "Registration succesfull! Added $username to the database!";
                header("location: welcome.php");
            } else {
                $_SESSION['message'] = "User could not be created!";
            }

        } else {
            $_SESSION['message'] = "File upload failed!";
        }
    } else {
        $_SESSION['message'] = "Please only upload image files!";
    }
} else {
    $_SESSION['message'] = "Passwords do not match!";
}
}

?>

this is my code, the mysql info is changed but i know i had it correct i checked over many a time. i have looked through a lot and i cannot seem to figure out what the problem is but i think ive narrowed it down to something to do with the variables not being able to post into mysql

A: Change this line:
if ($mysqli->query($sql) === true)

To this:
if ($mysqli->query($sql) )


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Looking Back: Benicia State Capitol In 1853
Posted by Jerome Page | Dec 30, 2011 | Community, Miscellaneous, Wellness | 0 |
(2nd in Series)
Part one of legislation passed at the Benicia Capitol in 1853 dealt with how we got the capitol in the first place. Part two concerns the matter of divorce, and property rights of women.
I found the following legislation from 1853 interesting for several of its relatively enlightened elements, and for its very loose "bed and board" proviso. Most interesting however is its handling of the age of consent and/or non-consent!
"An act concerning Divorces, passed March 25th, 1851 and approved April 1, 1853" Divorces from bed and board, or from the bonds of matrimony, may be granted.
FIRST: For natural impotence existing at the time of marriage.
SECOND: When the female, at the time of the alleged marriage, was under the age of fourteen years, and the alleged marriage was without the consent of her parents or guardian, or other person having the legal custody or charge of her person; and when such marriage was not voluntarily ratified on her part, after she had attained the age of fourteen years.
THIRD: By an act of adultery by either of the parties; but no divorce shall be granted upon the application of the party guilty of the act of adultery complained of, nor if it shall appear to the court that the adultery complained of was by collusion of the parties; nor when it shall appear that the parties have lived and cohabited together as man and wife, after knowledge of the act of adultery complained of.
FOURTH: For extreme cruelty in either party, or for habitual intemperance, or for willful desertion by either part for the period of two years; or for willful neglect on the part of the husband to provide for his wife the common necessaries of life, having the ability to provide the same, for the period of three years.
FIFTH: When the consent of either of the parties to the marriage was obtained by force of fraud, upon the application of the injured party.
SIXTH: In case of the conviction either party for a felony after marriage, where the punishment is not less than imprisonment for two years.
For a view of the property rights of women, the following Act just might not pass feminist scrutiny!
An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act defining the rights of Husband and Wife," passed April 17, 1850.
The people of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The ninth section of the "Act defining the rights of Husband and Wife," passed on April 17, 1850, is amended to read as follows: The husband shall have the entire management and control of the common property, with the like absolute power of disposition, as of his own separate estate; and the rents and profits of the separate estate of either husband or wife shall be deemed common property; unless in the case of the separate property of the wife, it shall be provided by the terms of the instrument whereby such property may have been bequeathed, devised or given to her, that the rents and profits thereof shall be applied to her sole and separate use; in which case the entire management and disposal of the rents and profits of such property shall belong to the wife, and shall not be liable for the debts of the husband.
Approved, May 12, 1853!
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Established in 1916, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's mission is 'to make music of the highest quality and to enhance Baltimore and Maryland as a centre of cultural interest, vitality and importance'. Resident at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, the orchestra performs over 130 concerts per year and has one of the most extensive education and outreach programmes of any US orchestra, including its award-winning 'OrchKids' project designed to inspire children in during & after-school activities and affect positive social change within the Baltimore City communities.
In 2007, Marin Alsop was appointed the orchestra's 12th Music Director, the first woman to achieve such a title at a major US orchestra. Since then Marin has taken the orchestra on to new artistic heights, expanding the orchestra's recording catalogue including Grammy Award winning recordings and widening interest in and access to classical music through education and her strong belief that 'music has the power to change lives'.
Intermusica brings the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Marin Alsop to Europe in summer 2018 to perform at some of the world's most distinguished music festivals. Repertoire will include works which will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Marin's former conducting teacher, the composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein.


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Site of Former Waterloo Library, Taunton Road, Ashton-under-lyne, Greater Manchester, OL7 9LY
Type Development Opportunity
Size 6,970 sq ft / 647.5 sq m
Price £75,000
Cleared Site of Former Taunton Library.
Lapsed Outline Planning Permission for Residential Development.
661 sq m (0.16 Acres).
Adjacent to Waterloo Primary School.
Suburban Location.
Informal Tender. Sealed Written Offers by 12.00 pm (Noon) on Friday 28th January 2022.
FOR SALE: Offers in Excess of £75,000.
The land is situated on the Western side of Taunton Road, close to the junctions of both Oldham Road and Newmarket Road, in a mainly residential area. The site is adjacent to Waterloo Primary School and to the rear of the Dog & Partridge Public House, 275 Oldham Road. There are main bus routes along Oldham Road. Ashton under Lyne is 1 mile to the south of the site, Oldham 2.9 miles to the north.
The land comprises the rectangular site of the former Taunton Library, which was demolished in 2006, the foundations of which are still in evidence. There is a low wall with pedestrian access surrounding the site, which is level, and surrounded on two sides by the buildings of, and access to Waterloo Primary School.
The land is offered 'For Sale' on behalf of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council.
The sale is to be by informal tender with sealed written offers to be submitted by 12.00pm (Noon) on Friday 28 January 2022. Any offer submitted should reflect the Proposal Terms of Sale.
A copy of the Proposed Terms of Sale are available upon request to the selling agents, Breakey and Nuttall.
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Professional valuation reports on agreed deadlines at competitive fees.
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We advise and act on behalf of Landlords and Tenants.
Ranging from complete management through to consultancy management.
Compulsory purchase & compensation, business rates advice, dilapidations.
Joanne, Chris and Glenn undertake all I ask. Despite market conditions Breakey & Nuttall continue to let my industrial units and always conduct business to the highest professional standard. The knowledge and experience the firm have can assist anyone in the commercial property market
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Chris, many thanks for your work in dealing with the two property sales on behalf of the Circuit. I have been very pleased with your services throughout the prolonged and sometimes frustrating process
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Since building a wall to keep the children out of his garden, the only visitors the Selfish Giant gets are Lady Snow and her friends.
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Set in a magnificent steel sculpted garden, the story is told using Sea Legs' beautifully crafted puppets, a brilliant musical soundtrack and superb storytelling.


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Q: What is the need to store the Content of plist file into an NSArray? I am learning Objective-C language. I have covered the following questions:
What is plist?
How to create a plist file?
What are the representation of plist file?
But I did not find the answer of these questions:
Why do we store a plist in NSArray?
What is the need to store a plist into NSArray?
Can you please help me to clear my doubts?

A: Sometime you want to do something at runtime or create something base on something else.
Let's imagine you have a game with a different levels and you want the levels to be vary you can hard code the levels in code but much nicer would be store it in the file. iOS lets you very easily load plist to array or dictionary and that's the reason why iOS developers choose to use it.
// Example of plist file
Level1:
    NumberOfEnemies: 6
    ScoreTarget: 100
    ....
Level2:
    NumberOfEnemies: 12
    ScoreTarget: 120
    ....

When you load the game you can read the plist and you can load the level base on the content.
It's much easier to add another level or add more customisation to the plist (file) that go back to the code any do it there.
It's just one of the examples but you could use plist to do much more.

A: Plist are mostly configuration files or place to store some values that you know that will never change. One particular example of the plist file is info.plist where you define attributes for the application.
Plist are nothing else but the same old XML file with attributes and elements. That said, you actually access plist through dictionary, not array.
For your question why do we store it in dictionary, you use dictionary to access these values since there is no other way to extract the information from it.
One more thing, plists have their own restrictions regarding the type you can store: Array, Dictionary, String, Date, Data, Number and Boolean.

A: PList : is a "Property List" file, uses the XML format to store objects such as arrays, dictionaries, String, Data, Number and Boolean.
How to create :
NSError *error;
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *plistPath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"myPlistFile.plist"];
if (![fileManager fileExistsAtPath: path])
{
    NSString *bundle = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"myPlistFile" ofType:@"plist"];
    [fileManager copyItemAtPath:bundle toPath:path error:&error];
}
[myDict writeToFile:plistPath atomically: YES];

Representation : Based on what is stored in plist file .

*

*Key and Value. (NSDictionaries)

*Key and multiple value .  (NSArray) etc..

A: What is PLIST?
Plist stands for Property List. Plist is used to store data in hierarchical manner.A Property List can contain containers and primitives.
Containers –  Array, Dictionary
Primitives  –  Boolean, String, Number(Integer,Float), Date, Data

A Container can contain other containers and primitive data-types.
i.e. Dictionary can contain other Dictionaries,Arrays  and Primitives. Array can contain other Dictionaries,Arrays,Primitives.
How to Create PLIST File?
 STEP 1: Right Click the Project
 STEP 2: Choose New File
 STEP 3: Select Resource from left side of the Template.
 STEP 4: Then Click Property List
 STEP 5: Click NEXT button of the Bottom.
 STEP 6: Give property List Name.
 STEP 7: Finally Click OK

For more Reference  please go through  the below link
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9044735/steps-to-create-and-edit-a-plist-file-in-xcode
What are the Representation of PLIST file?
  A property list can be stored in one of three different ways:

      1. in an XML representation,
      2. in a binary format, or
      3. in an "old-style" ASCII format inherited from OpenStep.

 You can serialize property lists in the XML and binary formats. The serialization API with the old-style format is read-only

XML property lists are more portable than the binary alternative and can be manually edited, but binary property lists are much more compact; as a result, they require less memory and can be read and written much faster than XML property lists. In general, if your property list is relatively small, the benefits of XML property lists outweigh the I/O speed and compactness that comes with binary property lists. If you have a large data set, binary property lists, keyed archives, or custom data formats are a better solution.
I refer the link for  Why do we store a plist in NSArray? and What is the need to store a plist into NSArray?
1.http://hayageek.com/plist-tutorial/
2.https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/PropertyLists/AboutPropertyLists/AboutPropertyLists.html
3.http://nscookbook.com/2013/02/ios-programming-recipe-13-using-property-lists-plists/
4.Getting plist data in a order


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is there a way to write unit tests for generators?
By doing that you can ensure same code (checked on first step) will be generated for this model by using current state of the generator.
I suppose you mean I should create a build script solution for my language (using MPS 2.0) and execute the steps mentioned by you (generate from model and execute tests) there, right?
"Message for testing if anything works..."
I can't find any target for generating projects MPS modules (corresponding to the ant target <mps.generate>).
Cause: the class org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junit.JUnitTask was not found.
This looks like one of Ant's optional components.
Thare are no counterparts of mps.generate task in MPS currently, so you have to use text build files to use it.
As for the second problem, this is a probably bug, since, as you mentioned, the required jar exists. The bugreport is here MPS-13524 Could you include the command line ant was started from MPS console?
I could not reproduce the error you are getting, but I found some problems in running ant which would be fixed in MPS RC3. Maybe you problem would be gone with them. So if in RC3 it still be present, please reopen the issue MPS-13524 or white a comment here. Some additional information also would be helpful.
I can confirm, that you really should document how to set up the model for a build script. It's a waste of time if every one has to figure it out by itself just to follow the user guide's example.


Today's strip has caught me off guard. I am unnerved by Brutus actually and competently doing his job and interacting with other people. I, however, completely expected the bad joke at the end of the strip.
he's exploding in the second panel, or very shiny.


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Q: When using inside a for-loop, is there any exception or even extreme corner case that postincrement is actually better than preincrement? Consider the following statements:
for (Container<Object>::Iterator it = container.begin(); it != container.end(); it++) {
    *loop_content*
}

vs.
for (Container<Object>::Iterator it = container.begin(); it != container.end(); ++it) {
    *loop_content*
}

From my understanding, regardless what *loop_content* is, when used inside a for-loop like the example above, the preincrement version is guaranteed to be not worse than the postincrement version. Is there any exception or even extreme corner case that make this statement no longer true and make postincrement is actually better than preincrement?
If not so, here is my slightly off-topic second question which I have been wondering for years: Why a lot text books are teaching people to use for-loop with example like:
for (int i = 0; i < 42; i++)

not
for (int i = 0; i < 42; ++i)

My guess is that there are some medieval languages only have i++ but not ++i implemented so that people who used to these languages stay with the way they increment iterators, but I really want to know where this convention come from.

A: To elaborate on my comment, a for loop like
for (pre; cond; post) body

is equivalent to the following while loop
{
    pre

    while (cond)
    {
        body
        post
    }
}

As you can see, the post part, while inside the while loop body, is separate from the for loop body.

A: Usually post-increment and pre-increment differ in only two respects: they return a different value, and post-increment is slightly more expensive because it requires making a copy of the variable. The return value is not used in a for loop, so if we want post- to be better than pre-, we must invent a new Container class whose Iterator has a weird and costly pre-increment operator. Something like
operator++()
{
  ptr = ptr->next;
  // perform some undefined behavior, or just hash the Beijing telephone book
  return *this;
}

This can be done as a result of simple incompetence. As for a real reason to put something bad in operator++(), I'm stumped.
P.S. I had a subordinate once who insisted that post-increment was correct, and that using pre-increment in the for loop would give different (wrong) results. Repeatedly correcting him didn't help; the fact that he could have tested this hypothesis very easily made no difference. He had somehow worked as a software engineer for over ten years without getting good at it.


Here are the Spidermen and the scene in the school yard.
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays of the year and now even more than ever. Of course, the first reason is that it was that day, 24 years ago, that I received the biggest treat of my life, my Justin Bennett. The second reason is that now I get the second chance to enjoy this fun holiday through the eyes of the Dynamic Duo.
Here is Daddy in his costume as he is emceeing the event.
All was fun until about 7:00 PM. That was the time that our family all met for a celebratory birthday dinner after attending a large Halloween Party that Marc emcees each year in the Town Center of a local city. We certainly enjoyed watching Marc, spending time with our friends, Minouche, Delifim and their beautiful daughter, Yasmin, as well as my folks. We also enjoyed watching the children dance and trick or treat but that was where the party ended for this Mom.
Once we got to dinner it all hit the fan. The DD were overtired from a long and overstimulating day of partying. Also the sugar factor was going at full tilt. All I wanted to do was be able to enjoy some adult conversation with my son and the rest of the family but that was IMPOSSIBLE with the little angels....HA! Marc and I were both pretty spent as well as we had not stopped for a moment the entire day. It was just one of those days that I wanted to just curl up in a corner and make it all go away. I looked at my dad and said, "I really need some time to myself"
After dinner I called Justin. I wished him a happy birthday again and told him how sorry I was that we could not really talk or enjoy our time together. He reassured me that he and Judy had a wonderful time talking to Nana and Papa and that he was just happy spending his birthday with us period. He also informed me that the slide show that I posted on my blog brought tears to his eyes...he love it :) I love that kid of mine. Then I received a phone call from my mom who made me the wonderful offer of watching the DD tonight so that we could have a fun evening out...sans children. Are you kidding; of course we would!!! Thanks Mom!! I love you!!
Here is the family at dinner and the person behind the hat is my Mom who was camera shy!
I am glad you had a nice Halloween and some time to yourself. The kids looked adorable! And happy belated birthday to Justin!
Oh my gosh! I loved the video of Ethan. Yup. This past year has really changed him. He knew where he belonged. With mom & dad of course!
The Spooktacular event looks great each year. One day I may get a chance to get down there since so many of my own students live in that town. In fact, the bounces that were out, are the ones from my friend's company that we're using for the picnic.
And of course, Justin's celebration looked like a nice time out also. I'm so happy that you got to celebrate his (& your) special day together.
Your posts always make me smile and feel like I'm right there with you. Love all the Spidermans at Ethan's school...so cute. Of course Will was Spiderman/ Batman for Halloween. And no worries...it always gets better, every year. 2 and 3 year olds have their 'moments.' At least I keep telling myself that!
Loved your post...so cute with all of those little Spidermen. Sorry it all ended up in chaos, but hey, chaos is your middle name, right? These days with little ones are going to go by in a blink, so keep enjoying them!
LOL I loved all the spidermen LOL Happy Birthday to Justin. I understand the wanting some adult time...I can't remember the last time Ken and I had a night out.
Very cute pictures! I love your post.
Love the costumes! Looks like they had a great time!
what fun, great pics. video hadn't loaded yet so I will watch in a sec.


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Q: Compiling GTK 3 apps on Debian I'm trying to compile a GTK program on my Debian desktop. I installed libgtk-3-dev and all of that, but when I go to compile the program, I get this error:
$ gcc -o client client.c `pkg-config --cflags --libs glib-2.0`
client.c:6:10: fatal error: gtk/gtk.h: No such file or directory
    6 | #include <gtk/gtk.h>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.

All of the GTK headers actually seem to be in /usr/include/gtk-3.0, but even if I include <gtk-3.0/gtk/gtk.h> I get errors, since the files inside include other GTK headers as if they were in a normal include path. Then if I compile with -I/usr/include/gtk-3.0 I still get errors, this time about glib. Well, glib files are inside /usr/include/glib-2.0 and it's the same problem as before. Finally, if I compile with -I/usr/include/gtk-3.0 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0, I this time get this error:
$ gcc -o client -I/usr/include/gtk-3.0 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 client.c `pkg-config --cflags $ --libs glib-2.0`
In file included from /usr/include/gtk-3.0/gdk/gdkapplaunchcontext.h:30,
                 from /usr/include/gtk-3.0/gdk/gdk.h:32,
                 from /usr/include/gtk-3.0/gtk/gtk.h:30,
                 from client.c:6:
/usr/include/gtk-3.0/gdk/gdktypes.h:35:10: fatal error: pango/pango.h: No such file or directory
   35 | #include <pango/pango.h>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.

Seems like any combination of compile flags I choose, I get some sort of error, all caused by Debian putting the headers in a non-standard subdirectory. This is not me messing with them, this is what apt installs for me.

A: You are asking pkg-config for glib, you must ask pkg-config for the GTK+ library:
gcc -o client client.c `pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-3.0`

You can keep glib-2.0 in the command line, but since GTK+ depends on glib, it's already included.


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Not all companies' API business models are the same and their users have different motivations too. In this talk from DevXcon San Francisco 2018, Nexmo's Sam Machin asks you to consider whether your developers are customers or partners and explains why the answer can impact your devrel and devex approaches.
I'm gonna talk to you a little bit about understanding your developers, and whether they're a customer or a partner, and the kind of understanding how that will change your approach. So first of all, yeah, thanks. I'm Sam Machin. I'm a developer advocate at Nexmo. I'll do the customary quick show of hands. Who's heard of Nexmo? Okay. This is Phil's metric you see for, like, raising hands. So recently, kind of earlier this year, I've sort of moved. I've been in the dev rel team for just over two years now. But I've moved to a slightly different role within the team, where we're starting to look at partnerships. And we're calling it extend. How we extend our capabilities by partnering with other APIs.
Which I'm sure I'll probably love to talk to some of you about that if you've got kind of complementary technologies and things like that. But also, that's kind of got me looking at how that differs the dev rel approach for those kind of companies. And the epiphany I had was, "There are actually two types of API companies out there." And the fundamental thing is, whether you're treating developers as customers or as partners or as something else.
So the first thing I wanted to kind of say here is everybody's different. There is no right or wrong answer. I'm not gonna tell you, "Hey, you should be treating your developers as partners," or, "You should be treating them as customers." The answer is different depending on your scenario. So I really want you to kind of think about your own company. What's your approach? I'm gonna try and give you some pointers to kind of identify maybe where you fit within that space.
So quick show of hands, how many people's company offers an API? I'm assuming just about everybody of some sort. If you're selling shoes, you're probably not here. Okay, so, you know, we all have an API to some extent, whether that's like a hardware device API, or SDKs right through to kind of cloud services. So the next question is, yeah, "Is your API the product?" So this is the important thing. We should be treating our APIs as a product, a product we offer. But is that the primary product of your company? Are you an API company or is the API a secondary product? Is it what somebody knows your company for? So two ways to kind of look at this. Firstly, do you charge for the API? Is the use of the API how you make money? So at Nexmo, we charge you to access our API.
The other thing is then, who are the users of your product? Do you have end users and developers, or are your developers your user accounts on your system? So that kind of make sense? Yeah. How many people would say that the API is the product in your company? Quick. Okay, less than I thought. What's interesting as well is there's actually quite a lot of dev tooling companies in here, which is maybe developers are still the customer in that sense.
What does it mean to be a 'developer'?
So I kind of started trying to map this out. And this little sort of quadranty graph thing, in a very unscientific way, is me dragging stuff or icons around the screen. As I was trying to look at where different companies sit. So we've got two. On the side, I call them users. And there's a term that we started to use a little bit, or I started to use within our extend thing of builders. We say the word developers constantly. It's almost like being a Steve Ballmer convention, doesn't it? Because how many times has somebody said the word developer today?
But, actually, 'developer' implies a very…we always think, "Oh, that's somebody that writes code." And actually, in this space, there's a lot of things where people are creating with our product. Especially these kind of if this then that Zapier type products. I would say if you're building a script or a recipe in Zapier, if this then that, you are building. You're not just using the product, you're building something for somebody else. Even Google Docs, the forms you build in Google Docs, you're creating something there. So you're offering a componentized system, but you wouldn't think of somebody that's doing that as a developer.
So yeah, on the side, we have users and builders. And then the bottom, product, and platform. Yeah, really, it's just, "Are you more of a component somebody uses in your system, or are you a something you use as a shrink-wrapped thing, or a building block?" So if we look at this, we've got up in the top left, we've got the very much user-centric products. In the middle there, Apple. Everybody has heard of them, I hope? They're quite big. And specifically, the iOS app store ecosystem. I think WWDC, yesterday or the day before in the keynote, they announced they just paid out $100 billion to developers. So, you know, their business model is not to charge developers in that sense, because the cash is flowing very much the other way. So that's the extreme. Really, Apple is a consumer product company. But they have a huge developer ecosystem, which is powering that, making that product.
And then down on the bottom right, we have the classic developer as a customer. So, you know, Nexmo, Pusher, Stripe, where developers are using the API, the product. They're embedding it in their stuff. Couple of interesting ones. Google Maps. That's funny because most people think of Google Maps as a user product. But actually, how many websites do you go to where you see the little Google Map embedded on every little random local bar or, you know, small business? And it might just be a snippet of HTML they've embedded. But that's a kind of more of an API-developer-builder offering that they're putting out there. So they start to kind of move down a bit.
Amazon is kind of interesting. So Amazon have very much like two fronts. We have Alexa, on the top of the blue circle, and I can say that without something beeping on the stage behind me for once, and then we have AWS. And Amazon divides their dev rel activities into two sides of the business. So AWS, they charge developers. You're selling a product to developers. You pay for EC2, or S3, or storage, those kind of things, on a per usage basis.
But then on the Alexa and the Fire TV, and that kind of side, you know, Alexa is a consumer product. But they have a huge dev rel activity to encourage developers to build with the APIs to enhance the product. And again, Amazon are actually paying out money to developers now. If you build a successful Alexa skill, you're getting a cheque from Amazon for like $1,000 in a month or something because developers are becoming a supplier to them.
Slack, I think, is another one. We've had a couple of people talk about Slack and things today. Slack is a really clear-cut one here, where Slack sells a product to companies. They want companies to use Slack, so they'll go and Nexmo pays for Slack, and we use that as our internal tool. But the Slack developer effort is developers are building features, bots, whatever little plugins to enhance Slack that makes the Slack product more valuable when they sell that to their customers. So the developer team at Slack, the dev rel team, are not really thinking of developers as customers. Maybe there's obviously this overlap and things there that a lot of people that are building on your platform are also using your platform. But that kind of thing shifts a bit.
Okay. And so next question to ask yourself, you know, "Why do you offer an API?" This may seem a little bit odd. But yeah, you said you have some sort of API. If you're not an API first company, or if API isn't the product, why are you offering it? So obviously, if it's your product, you know, for Nexmo, that's simple. Why do we offer an API? It's how we make money. We wouldn't do very well if we didn't have an API. But then think about the other ones.
The first one, it's to increase the value of your product. So this is Apple, Slack, those kind of people. It makes the product we sell more valuable to customers because of what developers build on the API. They are enhancing our product. You know, how many people would buy an iPhone if you couldn't get any apps on it? Windows Phone. Why did Windows Phone kind of not really take off? The general consensus is because it didn't have the support of the apps. So it doesn't matter how good for something your product is, often your product needs the developers to make your product a success.
Then there's, like, to broaden the reach of your product. So this is the concept like the Google Maps thing. Why does Google want you to embed Google Maps in your website? Because people recognize the Google Maps style and look. And it's, "Oh, yeah, that's Google Maps." In the UK, we have the Ordnance Survey maps. It's like a standardized thing that the government produce of maps for going out hiking and stuff. And it used to be that people could read OS maps. I think we were even taught it at school to understand the different colours and shades and stuff.
Alexa do this again with the Alexa voice service. So the other half of their API, they provide an API so that you can embed Alexa in your own devices. So people like BMW are building that into cars and that kind of thing. And developers are building it into toasters and weird devices. But, again, it's making the product more ubiquitous. It's broadening the reach of the product because it means it's everywhere, and they win that way.
And also, to offer the niche features, the customization of our product. So it's accepting that if you're building a consumer product, or a user product I should say, particularly actually in enterprises, you're not going to be able to offer every feature every user wants to all of your users. Because one, you're going to end up with a really, really cumbersome product with 400 different option menus and settings and everything. And also, it's just some stuff is gonna be too small for you to bother with, or you don't understand that marketplace. We're not experts in that vertical.
So by offering an API, people that use your product that do understand that specific space, they can tweak or build the extensions to your product that mean that it fits it. And enterprises just always want to change something. You sell software to an enterprise, it always seems like, "Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, it's great, but we want to change that. Because, you know, we can. And we're gonna buy 1,000 seats from you if you make that menu blue," or something.
Okay. On the flip side, why do developers use your API? Why should they? What's their motivations? I think the simplest or the earliest stage if you're just starting up or opening up an API, it's to solve their own problems. It's the hobbyists, scratching your own itch scenario. Developers like to be able to tweak or customize a product. I think, again, why do developers like Slack? Because they can build their own little plugins. I have a hookup to my doorbell into my personal Slack group organization, which is just me. So when someone rings my doorbell, I get a popup message in Slack. I'm never gonna productize this. I'm never gonna sell it, but it's really useful. And, like, all my home smart-home automation events get posted into a Slack channel and things, because I want to tinker with that. But that base stage of developers doing stuff, they're gonna play with the product. They want to extend it.
Then they want to enhance their own product. The great example here I think is Expensify and Uber. So most people probably have used Expensify if you're expense tracking. You can link your Expensify account to your Uber account. So when I take a trip on Uber and I've used my business account, it automatically loads it into Expensify. I don't know who built that, whether that was Expensify used the Uber integration or Uber used the Expensify API. It doesn't really matter. But that's brilliant because the two products have both been enhanced. It's win-win, you know. I'm more likely to use Uber because it automatically imports to Expensify rather than using some random taxi where I've got to get a little bit of paper and take a photo and things. And I'm more likely to use Expensify because it just makes it easy to import stuff into Uber. So that's the win-win scenario for offering an API, looking at partners.
Re-selling your product, like FinTech and that kind of space, that's quite common, too. People will, you know, they'll just want to refer you. They'll sign up a customer and you'll pay them out a referral. White labelling your product, that kind of thing.
And then the final one is, you know, building a business. You're gonna become a channel. This is that marketplace space where developers are gonna build something on your product. They're gonna offer an app or an extension of your service, and you're gonna sell that for them.
Okay, things to think about, things to watch out for, the dangers and pitfalls. And I think what's important here, you know, it's important to think about this stuff up front, before it happens, rather than waiting until one of this kind of moments occurs, and then you have to kind of be in a reactive PR face-saving mode because something's blown up on Hacker News or Twitter or Reddit or whatever.
What happens when a partner uses your API to build a product that competes with your product? If you're a product company, this…you know, and you can pretty much go and see this will happen at some point. And you as dev rel are gonna be the ones kind of talking perhaps to the partner, to the developer. And you've got product guys, who are interested in the revenue targets for the product and they're not maybe looking at the company as a whole, who are gonna say, "Well, you've got to kill their access. Pull their API key. Disconnect them. Kill their product off." And that's gonna be awkward, you know, you're not gonna come out well. So have that conversation with your product team up front.
What about misuse, brand damage? What happens when somebody creates something – I'm sure we can all think of ideas using the darker sides of our minds as to something you could create with an API that isn't great PR for you as a company to be associated with but is now doing really well on beta or Reddit or whatever? How are you gonna manage that, handle that? Are you gonna have up front approvals, are you gonna have an invite-only, something like an approval process in the app store, like Apple have? Are you gonna just let it become the Wild West?
And then, can partners use your API to short your revenue model? What is the revenue model of your product? That's quite important to know upfront. And then when you're offering an API, you're not putting that revenue model at risk. You know, I think we all kind of know the problems that Twitter had in the early days when they were talking about developers and APIs. Because they suddenly realized that they were kind of losing control of the users because people were third-party apps, and people were never interacting with Twitter. So they wanted to try and introduce a revenue model and ads. I mean, ads are a really good one here. Where if your revenue model for your product is ad driven, and you're offering access to the content of the product via the API without serving the ads, that's risky. People are gonna find a way to…people are gonna build other ways to consume your product.
And finally, how will you manage competition? If you get to that marketplace, that ecosystem thing. We'd all love to be Apple and have the $100 billion of payouts to developers. But Apple have to manage that ecosystem, that marketplace. Competition, we agree, is a great thing. We need competition, but you have to police it. You know, what happens when you get people leaving fake reviews for products, or developers complaining to you that, "Hey, this developer's copied my product." And you suddenly become this arbiter of the ecosystem, and that can become a huge kind of community drain. If that falls to the dev rel team…now hopefully by the time you get to the stage of the app store or something, you've built up that team. But if you're building out an ecosystem, a marketplace where your developers are gonna compete with each other, then you have to…are you gonna ensure fair competition? Are you gonna have preferred status? Are you gonna cross-promote developers? Your sales guy is gonna go out and sell things?
So speed up a little two slides. So then looking at some of the activities you're gonna do, how do the activities you're gonna do differ whether you're talking about customers or partners? So on the left, we have the stuff you're gonna that I think probably doesn't really change massively whether you're charging developers or not. So obviously this the classic dev rel stuff we all do. We all want to create great documentation and libraries. Developers want that whether they're paying for it or not. We're gonna build demos. Maybe your demos you need to think a little bit about. What are we trying to encourage people to do? Are we trying to give away a product? They're gonna just copy a demo and launch that in our app store? Are we trying to show them, or are we trying to help them solve a solution? But, you know, generally, you're gonna still create demos in the same way. You're gonna write blog posts, collect feedback, give talks, all that kind of stuff is the same.
And then the stuff that changes a bit. We talked a little about the community. I think community is very different depending on whether you're charging your developers or not. If they're customers or they're a partner, that really is gonna change. And then the other stuff is really the rest of the organization, the rest of the company, how you interact with them. You know, your relationship with product, with support. If you have a support team, and your developers are customers, they're probably talking to developers. If you have customers who are users, your support team are probably geared up to support them as users, and you may be providing the developer support.
The marketing tone of voice you use. Again, that's gonna change where if your marketing team are selling to enterprises, but you want to talk to developers, you may have to have a very different tone of voice. The same thing for brands and, of course, sales. You know, let's all talk about sales for a minute. The sales guys, are they selling to developers? Or are you giving the sales guys something that makes the product more valuable to talk to people?
So, final slide, wrap up. The takeaways really, things I want you to understand. Know your own position. Understand where your company is. Take some time to think about, "Where are we actually? Are they customers? Are they partners? What are their motivations?" Looking for those mutual benefits, those win-win scenarios where somebody can build something that means that both your products are better.
And I think the final one, value the trust developers put in you. If they've chosen to build on your platform, if they've chosen to build a business on your platform, they've got a lot more at risk actually than you have. So don't pull the rug out from under them, because it might be how this guy's paying his mortgage or something. Thank you very much.


GCA helped Uzurii, a luxury footwear brand from Europe launch their latest collections in Dubai at O'de Rose concept boutique. The beautiful sandals are incredibly detailed and hand crafted - which we got a sneak peak of how each pair is created at the event!
GCA was lucky enough to spend an evening with Head Sommelier from the One&Only Resort in Cape Town, Luvo Ntezo, where we learned all about South African wines. We discovered hidden flavors and nodes in each glass while learning how to pair different types with different dishes!
GCA were pleased to assist the Italian automotive design house ARES with their first showroom opening in Dubai. Working on event management and ensuring PR coverage, the showroom had its official opening launch on the 12th March in the prescience of Emirati royalty, VIPs and Media.
GCA worked with Majid Al Futtaim to launch the first INTROPIA store in Dubai. The iconic Spanish fashion brand launched its new global branding concept with MAF Fashion for this latest stand alone store.


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Gartmore House is a country house and estate in the village of Gartmore, Stirling, Scotland. It was built in the mid-18th century for the Graham family on the site of an earlier house. William Adam prepared plans for Nicol Graham of Gartmore in the 1740s, but according to Historic Scotland, it is doubtful that he designed the house as built. The house was enlarged for Nicol's son, Robert Graham of Gartmore by John Baxter Junior in 1779-80.

Gartmore became the home of Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (1852–1936) in 1883. He was forced to sell the estate in 1900 to pay death duties. The estate was then bought by Sir Charles Cayzer. It was partly redesigned by David Barclay, a student of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, who added the tower, altered the roof and redesigned the western front, in 1901-1902.  Internally, the main stairs were relocated in the centre of the house and the staircase is substantial, timber (which Cayzer claimed came from the Spanish Armada) with balustrades and newel posts which reflect Mannerist forms. Stained glass added by Cayzer was designed by Stephen Adam.

The house was commandeered by the Army in the 1940s, and became a barracks until 1950. After the war, the Cayzer family did not take the house back and it was sold off in pieces.

In 1953, the Archdiocese of Glasgow bought the house to establish St. Ninian's, a list D school run by the De La Salle Brothers, a Roman Catholic religious order. During this period the house was the site of numerous cases of child abuse, perpetrated by the staff of St. Ninians. These cases did not come to light until several decades later.

Between 1983 and 1985 Gartmore House lay dormant, and was then bought by The Way in GB Ltd as a European base for The Way International. From 1995 to 1997 Gartmore House was again empty until it was bought by Peter and Anne Sunderland in conjunction with Cloverley Hall, and became a conference and activity centre. In 2000, Cloverly Hall was bought over and Gartmore House became a charitable trust. Then, in 2004, it was joined with Carberry Tower in East Lothian. Gartmore House is now a conference centre, used by groups including schools, orchestras and religious groups. Recently, the oil fuel system was replaced by a Biomass heating system in an attempt to reduce carbon emissions. The house is a Category B listed building.

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YouTube narrated video on the Gartmore Obelisk Sundial

Country houses in Stirling (council area)
Category B listed buildings in Stirling (council area)


Agave On Fire: A Mezcal Affair will showcase 10 Mezcal brands, food booths, cocktails and more at Portlands very first Mezcal tasting show. The Labor Day event will be open to the public with a kick off dinner the night before featuring guest chef Pilar Cabrera of La Olla, who is coming all the way from her home in Oaxaca City to prepare this special meal.
Mezcal is varietal and terroir driven, just like wine, but few outside of Oaxaca have the opportunity to taste its diversity in one place at one time, and in Oregon were especially deprived of Mezcal because of our state run liquor laws. But, on September 3rd Xico will welcome 10 boutique producers of artisanal Mezcal to Portland and make the ultra craft spirit available to the public for tasting and education.
Tasting booths for Wahaka, Vago, Sombra, Leyenda, Amaras, Del Maguey, Real Minero, Rey Campero, Peloton de Muerte and Uruapan Charanda run by representatives for each brand, will offer pours and intimate details about each bottling. You mightve noticed that Mezcal is getting hipper, and this is your chance to delve in and experience what makes this spirit unique, traditional and progressive at once.
Taught by experts on agave and Mezcal, concurrent educational classes about Mezcal will be offered in the Xico event space. Subject matter will range from agave diversity to cutting edge production methods to a virtual tour of a Mezcal palenque in San Dionisio Ocotopec. Guests can take their pick of classes to attend.
Food booths featuring small dishes by Xico, Langbaan and Nostrana will be for sale, because Mezcal goes with everything, not just Mexican food!
Teote Mezcaleria will host an after party at their new, beautiful Mezcal bar on Alberta street, and rides from Xico to Teote will be offered by Lyft at a 25% discount! 2 rides at this rate per ticket holder so that you get home safely as well.
To kick off Agave on Fire, Xico sous chefs Kelly Towner and Jordan Cassel will be joined by renowned chef and culinary instructor Pilar Cabrera, chef/owner of La Olla in Oaxaca City, to cook and serve 4 courses on the Xico patio. There will be ceviche, a signature mole, Bichi wines from Baja, and Mezcal pairings from five brands whose reps and owners will drop knowledge during dinner.
Weve been shouting about Mezcal from our rooftops for 6 years and are truly excited to host this show at Xico!


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Putin-Erdogan Meeting: Russia-Turkey Reset with Syria in Sight?
From: Loud & Clear
News, #donald trump, #hiroshima, #nagasaki, #russia, #turkey
On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker is joined by international security and affairs analyst Mark Sleboda to discuss the thaw in relations between Turkey and Russia.
The two countries may hit the re-set button in St. Petersburg today as President Erdogan arrives for a state visit where he will meet with President Vladimir Putin. What accounts for the sharp turnaround in relations, and is Turkey increasingly moving away from NATO after last month's failed coup or is this ... See More a limited maneuver on the part of both governments.
Donald Trump could barely finish a sentence as he delivered his vision for the U.S. economy over the objections of protesters in Detroit. His newly-unveiled team of advisers is packed with bankers, hedge fund managers and real estate sharks. Becker is joined by political cartoonist and analyst Ted Rall to assess Trump's economic policy.
Nagasaki, Hiroshima: Hundreds of thousands of Japanese were slaughtered as guinea pigs in a huge weapons testing operation. Today is the anniversary of the United States dropping an atomic bomb on Nagasaki that instantly killed tens of thousands of people days after the bombing of Hiroshima and left future generations to suffer the after effects of radiation poisoning. 71 years later, the U.S. is updating its nuclear arsenal and the right-wing Abe government of Japan is intensifying its drive to remilitarize the country. Joining Becker is Kevin Kamps, the radioactive watchdog at Beyond Nuclear.
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Conspiracy against George Washington is one of the story lines on this season of AMC's hit show, TURN. After watching the first two episodes, I recognized Ben Tallmadge's frustration about George Washington's seeming lack of concern about plots to replace him as commander-in-chief. Charles Lee, Horatio Gates and General Conway all wanted Washington's job. Tallmadge's outrage reminds me of a letter I wrote about from the Marquis de Lafayette to Washington in my book, Stories of Faith and Courage from the Revolutionary War. In some ways Tallmadge's character is a composite of Lafayette's loyalty and desire to please Washington. Enjoy this excerpt and buy the book to learn more.
From his post in Albany, the Marquis de Lafayette also discovered that General Gates was not the only one weaving a web around General Washington. General Conway, an Irishman who had served in the French army, was central to the cabal.
"But the promotion of Conway is beyond all my expectations," Lafayette continued in his letter to George Washington from his post in Albany in March 1778. He noted that Conway's reputation for bravery and experience in thirty campaigns had impressed him at first. But he later learned the truth: The cabal was as cannibalistic as a black widow spider.
Lafayette realized that Conway had deceived him "by entertaining my imagination with ideas of glory and shining projects." Conway had been promoted to inspector general and then was assigned as second-in-command to Lafayette in the Canadian expedition.
"I have inquired into [Conway's] character, and found that he is an ambitious and dangerous man. He has done all in his power to draw off my confidence and affection from you. His desire was to engage me to leave this country," Lafayette told Washington.
The plotters had tried to destroy confidence in Washington and elevate Gates through anonymous letters and underhanded appeals sent to members of Congress and men like Lafayette.
"Such disputes, if known to the enemy, may be attended with the worst consequences," Lafayette wrote, noting that "slavery, dishonor, ruin, and the unhappiness of a whole nation" would result from the trifling wiles of a few men in Congress and the army. Lafayette was concerned the web would not only destroy Washington, but also the Revolution. Lafayette knew the first way to strike the web was to reassure Washington of his loyalty.
"My desire of deserving your approbation is strong; and, whenever you shall employ me, you can be certain of my trying every exertion in my power to succeed. I am now bound to your fate, and I shall follow it and sustain it, as well by my sword as by all the means in my power," Lafayette promised Washington, adding that his youth may have made him too "warm" but his concern over the plot was great.
Lafayette struck another blow to shatter the web. He asked Congress to replace Conway with the Baron von Kalb as his second-in-command for the expedition. If the Marquis de Lafayette had his way, this plot would merely prove to be a vain conspiracy among men.
A shattered web, however, will merely return if you don't catch the spider.
"Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain?" (Psalm 2:1).
Source of the letter: Marquis de Lafayette, "To Washington, March 1778," in America, Vol. 3, 245–50.
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The Obama campaign is said to have been testing "everything". His eyes looking right at the donation form… I'm willing conclude that is not just rumors. Perhaps something to test yourself?
Sometimes I forget that Correlation ≠ Causation. That's when I wear this tee.


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Q: Finding the cardinality of $\{ X \subseteq \mathcal{P}(A) : |X| \leqslant 1 \}$. Given that $|A| = m$, my task is to find the cardinality of the set $Q = \{ X \subseteq \mathcal{P}(A) : |X| \leqslant 1 \}$. Since this is an even-numbered exercise in the text I'm working through, it hasn't got a solution. What I think is that if we let $ A = \{ x_1, x_2, x_3, \dots, x_m \}, $ then we're looking for the set $$ Q = \{ \varnothing, \{ \varnothing \}, \{\{x_1\}\}, \{\{x_2\}\}, \dots, \{\{x_m\}\}, \{\{x_1, x_2\}\}, \{\{x_1, x_3\}\}, \dots, \{\{x_1,x_2,x_3\}\}, \{\{x_1,x_2,x_4\}\}, \dots \} $$ According to this, $|Q| = |\mathcal{P}(A)| = 2^{m}$. Am I on the right lines?

A: The set $Q$ is a weird way of saying 'The set of subsets of $A$ which contain at most one element', i.e. $Q$ is the set of ''subsets with at most one element, and this element is a subset of $A$''. So we have a canonical bijection between $Q$ and $\mathcal P(A) \cup \{*\}$ (where $*$ is just meant to be some extra element I add in there), and the bijection is given as follows : if $B \subseteq A$, then $B \mapsto \{ B \}$, and $* \mapsto \varnothing$ (the empty set is not the same thing as the set containing $\varnothing \subseteq A$).
For instance, if $A = \{x,y\}$,
$$
Q = \{ \quad \varnothing, \{ \varnothing \}, \{ \{ x \} \}, \{ \{ y \} \}, \{ \{x,y\} \} \quad \}
$$
would be the full list, and the bijection above would be as follows :
$$
\varnothing \mapsto \{\varnothing\} \\
\{x\} \mapsto \{\{x\}\} \\
\{y\} \mapsto \{ \{ y \} \} \\
\{x,y \} \mapsto \{\{x,y\}\} \\
* \mapsto \varnothing.
$$
From this explanation, you should derive $|Q| = 2^{|A|} + 1$.
Hope that helps,


Dr. Lisa Bergson joined the public relations department at URI in September 2016 as a Lecturer. Prior to joining the PR faculty at URI, she taught a variety of introductory and upper-level courses in strategic communication, public speaking, and public relations. She has experience teaching traditional face-to-face, hybrid, and online courses. Bergson believes that an education is the key to unlocking an individual's potential.
Prior to teaching in the academe, Bergson worked in nonprofit organizations for 23 years and, as such, she wore many hats simultaneously. She was responsible for event management – anywhere from small events with 6 people to major festivals that drew 50,000+ of people over a weekend. In addition, she was responsible for all PR, marketing, advertising, development, fundraising, budgets, grant writing and management, staff and volunteer management, and so much more. She brings a wealth of practical experience to the classroom. From time to time, she shares PR activities, writing, and plans that went well and those that did not.
Bergson has a Doctor of Education in Organizational Leadership Studies from Northeastern University, a program that emphasized strategic and organizational communication as well as leadership.
As a scholar-practitioner, Bergson's research focuses on the career adaptability of second-career contingent faculty, a growing segment of the instructional majority (part-time faculty) teaching college students today. She is also interested in crisis communication and the scholarship of teaching and learning in public relations.


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LG's ultralight Gram laptop has too many compromises
What's more important: portability or a decent screen?
Devindra Hardawar, @devindra
04.17.17 in Personal Computing
Gram 15
Critic 5 Reviews
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Type Ultraportable
Screen size 15.622
Screen resolution 1920 x 1080
Bundled OS Windows
CPU family Core i7
System RAM 81
Pointing device Trackpad
Video outputs HDMI
LG's Gram is a wonder to hold. It's one of the lightest 15.6-inch notebooks we've ever seen, at just 2.4 pounds. But that extreme portability has some tradeoffs, especially when it comes to build quality. To make things worse, it doesn't even live up to LG's lofty battery claims. That leaves the Gram in a weird spot. It could be useful if you're looking for the lightest 15.6-inch laptop possible, but for most consumers, it doesn't do too much to differentiate itself from other ultraportables.
Gallery: LG Gram | 6 Photos
Engadget Score
Uninspiring
Incredibly light
As fast as heavier ultraportables
Trackpad is smooth and accurate
Screen is incredibly reflective, not great outdoors
Keyboard isn't comfortable for typing
Speakers are very tinny
LG's latest 15.6-inch Gram is incredibly light, but it falls behind when it comes to itsdisplay quality. It's ideal if you value weight above all else, but you'll likely be better off with a slightly heavier competitor.
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The Gram's case is made out of magnesium alloy, but, strangely enough, it doesn't feel like metal. There's a flimsiness to it that gives off a plastic vibe. LG likely went with incredibly thin case molds to help reduce weight, but that inevitably lead to some structural issues. For example, there are air pockets galore throughout the Gram, which leads to plenty of flex, especially on the bottom of the case. There's even a noticeable amount of space between the screen and its back panel.
Update: LG reps tell me that the Gram's case flexibility was intentional, as it allows the laptop to absorb the shock of falls better without damaging its internals. The company has also produced a few drop test videos to show off how durable it is. Based on the videos, it does look like the Gram can take a beating. "LG internally spent uncountable time to make sure the construction of laptop become more durable by dropping from 29" and 18" height with different angles on laptop," the rep notes. I'm still not a fan of the plastic feel of the Gram's case, but it's nice to see it's not as flimsy as it appears.
It's not all doom and gloom, though. The portion of the case around the Gram's keyboard feels sturdy, so you can type without worrying about bending the case. And, honestly, it's impressive that LG could fit such a large touchscreen into the frame of a typical 14-inch laptop.
Overall, though, the Gram doesn't seem as refined as other all-metal ultraportables, like the MacBook and Dell's XPS 13. Even the most recent Asus Zenbook, which had its own flexing issues, feels more substantial. Personally, I'd rather have a machine that's slightly heavier but could stand up better to the typical rough and tumble of laptop ownership. It'd be nice if I wasn't worried about seriously damaging the Gram if it fell a short distance, or if I tossed into a bag with a bunch of other gear.
At least LG didn't compromise much when it came to ports. The Gram features four USB ports (two of which are USB 3.0), a USB-C connection, a micro-SD card slot, headphone jack and a full-size HDMI port. And yes, you can charge the laptop over USB-C in addition to its standard power adapter. While it's not unusual for 15-inch laptops to come with a slew of ports, it's rare to see them in one this thin and light.
Given that it had a lot of room to work with, LG includes a large keyboard on the Gram, complete with a set of number keys on the right side. Typing on it feels like a throwback to the days of using large Thinkpads — but not in the good way. It's a bit awkward typing on the left side of the keyboard, rather than naturally centering my hands on the laptop. The Gram's Chiclet-style keys don't have much depth, either, which makes for an overall unsatisfying typing experience.
On the bright side, the Gram's large trackpad fares better than the keyboard. It's smooth and responsive, and ranks among the best I've used on a Windows laptop. It does have a bit of trouble distinguishing left clicks from right clicks, but that's a problem most of the competition has as well.
LG is following in Dell's footsteps by placing the Gram's HD webcam right below the screen. While that leaves room for a thin bezel at the top of the monitor, it also means you'll be stuck with very unflattering angles while video chatting. The camera itself delivers merely adequate images — you won't be mistaking it for a high-quality desktop webcam. The Gram's speakers are another story. They're positioned toward the front of the laptop and fire straight down, so it's tough to pin down where the sound is actually coming from. The speakers can get loud, but they're incredibly tinny no matter the volume.
Aside from the weight, the most impressive aspect of the Gram is its 15.6-inch 1080p screen. Not necessarily because it's a great display -- it's adequate for movies and browsing the web — but because it's large for a laptop this size. It's ideal for just vegging with Netflix in bed. It has a very thin bezel around the sides and top, as if it were taking a few cues from Dell's XPS lineup. The larger bezel below the screen seems to exist just to show off a sizable LG logo.
The biggest downside of the display is that it's incredibly glossy and reflective. It was practically impossible to use outdoors in sunlight, and I even had trouble angling it away from light sources inside. This is an issue with any glossy display, but the Gram fares worse than most. The display also feels incredibly cheap, which isn't a good thing when you're using it as a touchscreen.
For the most part, the Gram's screen feels merely adequate. It would have been nice to see a 1440p display here, even though that would have meant a battery hit; 1080p just feels too restrictive for a display this large, especially in 2017.
PCMark 7
PCMark 8 (Creative Accelerated)
3DMark (Sky Diver)
ATTO (top reads/writes)
LG Gram 15.6-inch (2017, 2.7GHz Core i7-7500U, Intel HD 620) 5,822 4,461 E3,116 / P875 / X247 4,062 555 MB/s / 520 MB/s
Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 (1.3GHz Core i7-7Y75, Intel HD 615) 4,401 3,823 E1,857 / P1,019 / X315 2,446 1.63 GB/s / 790 MB/s
Lenovo Yoga 910 (2.7GHz Core i7-7500U, Intel HD 620) 5,822 4,108
E2,927 / P1,651 / X438
3,869 1.59 GB/s / 313 MB/s
HP Spectre x360 (2016, 2.7GHz Core i7-7500U, Intel HD 620) 5,515 4,354 E2,656 / P1,720 / X444 3,743 1.76 GB/s / 579 MB/s
ASUS ZenBook 3 (2.7GHz Intel Core i7-7500U, Intel HD 620) 5,448 3,911 E2,791 / P1,560 3,013 1.67 GB/s / 1.44 GB/s
HP Spectre 13 (2.5GHz Intel Core i7-6500U, Intel HD 520) 5,046 3,747 E2,790 / P1,630 / X375 3,810 1.61 GB/s / 307 MB/s
Dell XPS 13 (2.3GHz Core i5-6200U, Intel Graphics 520) 4,954 3,499 E2,610 / P1,531 3,335 1.6GB/s / 307 MB/s
Microsoft Surface Pro 4 (2.4GHz Core i5-6300U, Intel HD 520) 5,403 3,602
E2,697/ P1,556/ X422
3,614 1.6 GB/s / 529 MB/s
We tested the highest-end LG Gram model, and it shows. Its seventh-generation Intel Core i7-7500U CPU bested most other ultraportables, and it was also buoyed by 16GB of RAM. The laptop handled just about everything I threw at it, be it extreme multitasking (with several browsers, dozens of tabs, Photoshop, Spotify and other apps running), or playing light games like Minecraft. But because it's relying on integrated Intel graphics, it's not a machine you'll be using for the Doom remake.
While LG originally claimed its 14-inch Gram laptop would get 24 hours of battery life, the company quickly backtracked on that figure when it was found to be using old benchmarks. For this 15.6-inch model, LG estimates it would last around 12.5 hours. In our testing, which involves looping an HD video, it came in at 10 hours and 42 minutes. That's nothing to scoff at, but we've seen far better battery figures from Lenovo's Yoga 910 and HP's recent Spectre X360.
LG Gram 2017 10:42
Lenovo Yoga 910 16:13
Apple MacBook Pro 2016 (13-inch, no Touch Bar) 11:42
HP Spectre x360 (13-inch, 2015) 11:34
Apple MacBook Pro 2016 (15-inch) 11:00
HP Spectre x360 15t 10:17
Apple MacBook Pro 2016 (13-inch, Touch Bar) 9:55
ASUS ZenBook 3 9:45
Apple MacBook (2016) 8:45
Dell XPS 2-in-1 8:34
Microsoft Surface Pro 4 7:15
HP Spectre 13 7:07
Razer Blade Stealth (Fall 2016) 5:36
Dell XPS 15 (2016) 5:25 (7:40 with the mobile charger)
Configuration options and the competition
The LG Gram comes in three flavors: a 13-inch model, a 14-inch, and this 15.6 inch. They all share the same basic design and features, though you'll get a few more USB ports with the 15.6-inch version. We tested the $1,699 Gram configuration, but surprisingly enough, both the 14-inch and and 15.6-inch models start at $1,199 with Core i5 processors and 8GB of RAM. The only difference there is that the entry-level 15.6-inch doesn't have a touchscreen display. The 13-inch Gram, on the other hand, starts at $999 with those same specs.
Of course, the Gram isn't alone in the ultraportable arena. Dell's XPS 13 and 15 were among our favorite laptops for the past few years, and HP has steadily made progress with its attractive Spectre X360 line. But, notably, those machines also come in heavier than the Gram series. The XPS 13 weighs around 2.8 pounds (depending on which model you get), while the XPS 15 weighs 4.4 pounds. While I'm not a huge fan of LG's compromises in build quality, it's definitely done a good job of beating the competition in the weight game. Hell, even the Surface Pro 4, which packs in a svelte 12-inch screen, is only slightly lighter than the Gram models.
LG set out to make the lightest laptops possible, and it succeeded. While I'm not a fan of the flimsy design, I'm sure there are plenty of shoppers out there who would look past that just for the portability benefits. Aside from the weight, though, there's just not enough that makes the Gram series stand out. And, really, what good is a light laptop if you can't use it outside?
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This Time is the debut studio album by R&B singer Taral Hicks. It is noted for its feature of various collaborations from the likes of Teddy Riley, Narada Michael Walden and future superstars that were then-unknown at the time; including Missy Elliott, DJ Eddie F and Chad Hugo of The Neptunes. The album also featured background vocals by Hicks' siblings; Tina Hicks, Miriam Hicks and Erik Hicks, who co-wrote two of the album's tracks: "A Lil' Somethin'" and "Whoopty Whoop".

Singles
Three singles were released from the album. The first was the love ballad "Ooh, Ooh Baby" featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, which was released on June 18, 1996, and peaked at No. 81 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart.

The second and third singles ("Distant Lover" and "Silly") were released a year later and peaked at Nos. 60 and 54, respectively, on the same chart. "Silly" also reached No. 4 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.

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Taral - This Time on Discogs

1997 debut albums
Albums produced by Chad Hugo
Albums produced by Eddie F
Albums produced by Teddy Riley
Motown albums
Taral Hicks albums